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Classification Level Sort descending Data Class Data Class Description Data Element Data Element Description Applicable Standards Submitter Name Submitter Organization Submission Date
Level 0 Explanation of Benefit

Health data as reflected in a patient's Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statements, typically derived from claims and other administrative data.

Diagnosis Code

ICD-9-CM code describing the condition chiefly responsible for a patient's admission to a facility. It may be different from the principal diagnosis, which is the diagnosis assigned after evaluation. (UB04 Form Locator 69). Decimals will be included.
Facility: The member's principal condition treated during this service. (UB04 Form Locator 67). This may or may not be different from the admitting diagnosis. Decimals will be included.
Professional and Non-Physician: The member's principal condition treated during this service.
Additional diagnosis identified for this member. Decimals will be included.
ICD-10-CM code describing the condition chiefly responsible for a patient's admission to a facility. It may be different from the principal diagnosis, which is the diagnosis assigned after evaluation. Decimals will be included.
The member's principal condition treated during this service. This may or may not be different from the admitting diagnosis. Decimals will be included.
Additional diagnosis identified for this member. Decimals will be included.

NUBC, CPT, HCPCS, HIPPS, ICD-9, ICD-10, DRGs, NDC, POS, NCPDP codes, and X12 codes.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
Level 0 Explanation of Benefit

Health data as reflected in a patient's Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statements, typically derived from claims and other administrative data.

Claim Discount Amount

The amount of the discount.

NUBC, CPT, HCPCS, HIPPS, ICD-9, ICD-10, DRGs, NDC, POS, NCPDP codes, and X12 codes.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
Level 0 Medications

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Medication Prescribed Dose

Indicates the amount of medication per dose that is to be used by the patient.

Date Medication Prescribed and Date Medication Administered: dateTime Data Type (FHIR): http://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#dateTime Medication Prescribed Code and Medication Administered Code: RxNorm: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/index.html Medication Prescribed Dose Units and Medication Administration Dose Units: UCUM: http://unitsofmeasure.org

Maria Michaels CDC
Level 0 Medications

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Medication Prescribed Code

A code (or set of codes) that specify this medication, or a textual description if no code is available.

Date Medication Prescribed and Date Medication Administered: dateTime Data Type (FHIR): http://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#dateTime Medication Prescribed Code and Medication Administered Code: RxNorm: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/index.html Medication Prescribed Dose Units and Medication Administration Dose Units: UCUM: http://unitsofmeasure.org

Maria Michaels CDC
Level 0 Medications

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Date Medication Prescribed

The date when the prescription was initially written or authored.

Date Medication Prescribed and Date Medication Administered: dateTime Data Type (FHIR): http://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#dateTime Medication Prescribed Code and Medication Administered Code: RxNorm: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/index.html Medication Prescribed Dose Units and Medication Administration Dose Units: UCUM: http://unitsofmeasure.org

Maria Michaels CDC
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

Assessments of a health-related matter of interest, importance, or worry to a patient, patient’s family, or patient’s healthcare provider that could identify a need, problem, or condition.

Mobility

This data element carries information on Mobility that is exchanged as observations. (Observations are characteristics that can be tested, measured, or observed and are communicated with a name-value pair structure). Mobility is a broad domain. Using the conceptual framework of the International Classification of Function (ICF), it includes aspects such as rolling over, transferring, walking short distances, etc. Notes: • This data element is constrained to health data represented in data structures for observations. Observations should be represented using terminologies supporting this conceptual model, such as LOINC, which is designed for this purpose. Representing problems, goals, and other types of information related to functioning should use other data class structures as appropriate. • Examples of Mobility concepts can be found in the ICF browser at: https://apps.who.int/classifications/icfbrowser • Examples of demonstrated use of Mobility data can be found in the PACIO FHIR Functional Status Implementation Guide which supports exchange of observation data such as roll left and right, car transfer, walk 10 feet using assessments coded with LOINC.

LOINC. LOINC is a freely available global standard that contains a well-developed model for representing variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them.* Many clinical assessments, scales, and other observations related to functioning are present in LOINC, including all of the variables on the PAC assessments for SNFs, IRFs, LTCHs, and HHAs. Regenstrief operates a robust process for adding new content (including functioning assessment instruments) if key gaps are identified. *PMID: 22899966

Michelle Dougherty Submitted on behalf of the CMS Data Element Library (DEL) Health IT Workgroup
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

Assessments of a health-related matter of interest, importance, or worry to a patient, patient’s family, or patient’s healthcare provider that could identify a need, problem, or condition.

Self-care

This data element carries information on Self-care that is exchanged as observations. (Observations are characteristics that can be tested, measured, or observed and are communicated with a name-value pair structure). Self-care is a broad domain. Using the conceptual framework of the the International Classification of Function (ICF), it includes aspects such as eating, caring for teeth, putting clothes on, etc. Notes: • This data element is constrained to health data represented in data structures for observations. Observations should be represented using terminologies supporting this conceptual model, such as LOINC, which is designed for this purpose. Representing problems, goals, and other types of information related to functioning should use other data class structures as appropriate. • Examples of Self-care concepts can be found in the ICF browser at: https://apps.who.int/classifications/icfbrowser • Examples of demonstrated use of Self-care data can be found in the PACIO FHIR Functional Status Implementation Guide which supports exchange of observation data such as eating, oral hygiene, upper body dressing using assessments coded with LOINC.

LOINC. LOINC is a freely available global standard that contains a well-developed model for representing variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them.* Many clinical assessments, scales, and other observations related to functioning are present in LOINC, including all of the variables on the PAC assessments for SNFs, IRFs, LTCHs, and HHAs. Regenstrief operates a robust process for adding new content (including functioning assessment instruments) if key gaps are identified. *PMID: 22899966

Michelle Dougherty Submitted on behalf of the CMS Data Element Library (DEL) Health IT Workgroup
Level 0 Pregnancy Information Number Fetal Deaths This Delivery

The number of fetal deaths in this delivery.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements: 69461-2 - Mother's body weight --at delivery 68493-6 - Prenatal visits for this pregnancy # 69044-6 - Date first prenatal visit 57722-1 - Birth plurality of Pregnancy 73772-6 - Number of fetal deaths delivered 73773-4 - Number of infants in this delivery delivered alive

Craig Newman Altarum
Level 0 Newborn's Delivery Information Apgar Score

APGAR score post-birth including scores at 1, 5 and 10 minutes.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements: 11884-4 - Gestational age Estimated 73766-8 - Place where birth occurred [US Standard Certificate of Live Birth] 64710-7 - Was your pregnancy a live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion, or ectopic pregnancy [PhenX] 8339-4 - Birth weight Measured 8305-5 - Body height --post partum 9272-6 - 1 minute Apgar Score 9274-2 - 5 minute Apgar Score 9271-8 - 10 minute Apgar Score

Craig Newman Altarum
Level 0 Procedures

Activity performed for or on a patient as part of the provision of care.

Procedure Treatment Intent

The purpose of a treatment, or the desired effect or outcome resulting from the treatment. For example, a treatment may be intended to completely or partially eradicate a disease process by disrupting its underlying physiological processes, resulting in improvement in health; or a treatment may have no expectation of eradication but rather may be intended simply to delay the onset of more severe symptoms; or may be intended to prolong life without any expectation of cure. NOTE: Treatment Intent has also been submitted under the Medications data class

SNOMED CT codes for therapeutic intent (qualifier value)

Andre Quina MITRE
Level 0 Procedures

Activity performed for or on a patient as part of the provision of care.

Location of Procedure

Healthcare service location within a facility where the procedure was performed.

Location of Procedure: HSLOC (https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cdaportal/terminology/codesystem/hsloc.html) Transmission-based precautions: SNOMED CT

Sheila Abner CDC/NHSN
Level 0 Observations

Findings or other clinical data collected about a patient during care.

Observation Timing

The time or time-period the observed value is asserted as being true. For biological subjects (e.g. human patients) this is typically called the "physiologically relevant time", which is usually either the time of the procedure or of specimen collection. Very often the source of the date/time information is not known, only the date/time itself. Data Type: variable. Allowable data types include: dateTime, Period, Timing, instant Note: An observation time is essential for understanding the context and clinical meaning of an observation. For nationwide interoperability, systems must support the ability to representing this time, even if it is not present for all observations.

Vocabulary Standard: No single vocabulary covers the content necessary for representing all aspects of observation reporting (observation identifiers, coded observation values, computable units of measure, etc). Yet, the collection of core vocabularies needed are sufficiently mature. [Observation: Code] LOINC was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard for identifying observations. More than 25 years later, it now contains a rich catalog of variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them. [Observation: Value.units] UCUM was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard of computable units of measure. [Observation: Value.code] • If the observation represents a validated assessment instrument (e.g. survey) item and the value is a CodeableConcept, then Observation.value.code SHALL be drawn from LOINC. • If the observation pertains to clinical genetics, then other terminologies or syntaxes may be used as appropriate, e.g. HGVS, ClinVar, etc. • If the observation represents a human phenotype, then the Observation.value MAY be drawn from the Human Phenotype Ontology • If the observation has a nominal or ordinal scale value and the Observation.value exists in SNOMED CT, then SNOMED CT MAY be used Exchange and Analytic CDM specifications: HL7 Version 2: Chapter 7 C-CDA: Results Section (entries required): 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.3.1 FHIR: Observation OMOP: Measurement, Observation PCORnet CDM: LAB_RESULT_CM, PRO_CM, OBS_CLIN, OBS_GEN

Daniel Vreeman RTI International
Level 0 Medications

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Discharge medications

Indication that a medication should be taken by or given to the patient after being discharged from an encounter.

Medications (including medications with dose): RxNORM Medication Route: SNOMED (i.e. OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.222) Negation Rationale (reason codes): SNOMED (i.e. OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.93) https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/expansions?pr=ecqm Negation Rationale: https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-reason-medication-not-given-codes.html , http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/ValueSet-qicore-negation-reason.html

Joel Andress CMS
Level 0 Explanation of Benefit

Health data as reflected in a patient's Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statements, typically derived from claims and other administrative data.

Present on Admission

Used to capture whether a diagnosis was present at time of a patient's admission. This is used to group diagnoses into the proper DRG for all claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care facilities.

NUBC, CPT, HCPCS, HIPPS, ICD-9, ICD-10, DRGs, NDC, POS, NCPDP codes, and X12 codes.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
Level 0 Observations

Findings or other clinical data collected about a patient during care.

Observation Performer

Who was responsible for asserting the observed value as "true". Many observations will be asserted by a clinician in the care of a patient, but this data element also explicitly allows record of patients, caregivers, and other entities as the source. Such information is crucial for understanding context for observations derived from patient reported outcomes measures. Data Type: Reference (Practitioner, PractitionerRole, Organization, CareTeam, Patient, RelatedPerson). This data element may be a pointer into a record in another table/structure that contains more metadata about the performer. In other contexts, it may be a data type that carries all of the requisite identifying information "inline", such as the XCN (Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons) data type used in HL7 v2 OBX-16.

Vocabulary Standard: No single vocabulary covers the content necessary for representing all aspects of observation reporting (observation identifiers, coded observation values, computable units of measure, etc). Yet, the collection of core vocabularies needed are sufficiently mature. [Observation: Code] LOINC was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard for identifying observations. More than 25 years later, it now contains a rich catalog of variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them. [Observation: Value.units] UCUM was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard of computable units of measure. [Observation: Value.code] • If the observation represents a validated assessment instrument (e.g. survey) item and the value is a CodeableConcept, then Observation.value.code SHALL be drawn from LOINC. • If the observation pertains to clinical genetics, then other terminologies or syntaxes may be used as appropriate, e.g. HGVS, ClinVar, etc. • If the observation represents a human phenotype, then the Observation.value MAY be drawn from the Human Phenotype Ontology • If the observation has a nominal or ordinal scale value and the Observation.value exists in SNOMED CT, then SNOMED CT MAY be used Exchange and Analytic CDM specifications: HL7 Version 2: Chapter 7 C-CDA: Results Section (entries required): 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.3.1 FHIR: Observation OMOP: Measurement, Observation PCORnet CDM: LAB_RESULT_CM, PRO_CM, OBS_CLIN, OBS_GEN

Daniel Vreeman RTI International
Level 0 Observations

Findings or other clinical data collected about a patient during care.

Observation Subject

The patient, or group of patients, location, or device this Observation is about and into whose record the observation is placed. Note: Additional structures are needed to handle situations where the actual focus of the Observation is different from the subject (or a sample of, part, or region of the subject). For example, a measurement on a fetus that is placed in the mother's record. Data Type: Reference (Patient, Group, Device, or Location). This data element is typically a pointer into a record in another table/structure that contains more metadata about the subject. Note: This Data Element (Observation.subject) would typically point to a record/instance of the Patient Demographics Data Class, though Observations can be recorded for other “units of analysis” (such as a geographic area, group of subjects, etc). The exact mechanism for specifying this linkage is not prescribed, but the purpose of this Data Element is to establish that the ability to communicate “who the observation is about” must be supported.

Vocabulary Standard: No single vocabulary covers the content necessary for representing all aspects of observation reporting (observation identifiers, coded observation values, computable units of measure, etc). Yet, the collection of core vocabularies needed are sufficiently mature. [Observation: Code] LOINC was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard for identifying observations. More than 25 years later, it now contains a rich catalog of variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them. [Observation: Value.units] UCUM was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard of computable units of measure. [Observation: Value.code] • If the observation represents a validated assessment instrument (e.g. survey) item and the value is a CodeableConcept, then Observation.value.code SHALL be drawn from LOINC. • If the observation pertains to clinical genetics, then other terminologies or syntaxes may be used as appropriate, e.g. HGVS, ClinVar, etc. • If the observation represents a human phenotype, then the Observation.value MAY be drawn from the Human Phenotype Ontology • If the observation has a nominal or ordinal scale value and the Observation.value exists in SNOMED CT, then SNOMED CT MAY be used Exchange and Analytic CDM specifications: HL7 Version 2: Chapter 7 C-CDA: Results Section (entries required): 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.3.1 FHIR: Observation OMOP: Measurement, Observation PCORnet CDM: LAB_RESULT_CM, PRO_CM, OBS_CLIN, OBS_GEN

Daniel Vreeman RTI International
Level 0 Observations

Findings or other clinical data collected about a patient during care.

Observation Value

The information determined as a result of making the observation. The information carried by Observation.value may take several forms, depending on the nature of the observation. For example, it could be a quantitative result, and ordinal scale value, nominal or categorial value, etc. Data Type: variable. Possible data types include: Quantity, CodeableConcept, string, boolean, integer, Range, Ratio, SampledData, time, dateTime, Period Terminology Standards: The appropriate terminology depends on the observation. A few examples: • If the observation is quantitative, then Observation.value.units SHALL be drawn from UCUM. • If the observation represents a validated assessment instrument (e.g. survey) item and the value is a CodeableConcept, then Observation.value.code SHALL be drawn from LOINC. • If the observation pertains to clinical genetics, then other terminologies or syntaxes may be used as appropriate, e.g. HGVS, ClinVar, etc. • If the observation represents a human phenotype, then the Observation.value MAY be drawn from the Human Phenotype Ontology • If the observation has a nominal or ordinal scale value and the Observation.value exists in SNOMED CT, then SNOMED CT MAY be used.

Vocabulary Standard: No single vocabulary covers the content necessary for representing all aspects of observation reporting (observation identifiers, coded observation values, computable units of measure, etc). Yet, the collection of core vocabularies needed are sufficiently mature. [Observation: Code] LOINC was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard for identifying observations. More than 25 years later, it now contains a rich catalog of variables, answer lists, and the collections that contain them. [Observation: Value.units] UCUM was specifically designed to fulfill the need for a freely available standard of computable units of measure. [Observation: Value.code] • If the observation represents a validated assessment instrument (e.g. survey) item and the value is a CodeableConcept, then Observation.value.code SHALL be drawn from LOINC. • If the observation pertains to clinical genetics, then other terminologies or syntaxes may be used as appropriate, e.g. HGVS, ClinVar, etc. • If the observation represents a human phenotype, then the Observation.value MAY be drawn from the Human Phenotype Ontology • If the observation has a nominal or ordinal scale value and the Observation.value exists in SNOMED CT, then SNOMED CT MAY be used Exchange and Analytic CDM specifications: HL7 Version 2: Chapter 7 C-CDA: Results Section (entries required): 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.3.1 FHIR: Observation OMOP: Measurement, Observation PCORnet CDM: LAB_RESULT_CM, PRO_CM, OBS_CLIN, OBS_GEN

Daniel Vreeman RTI International
Level 0 Newborn's Delivery Information Reason CCHD oxygen saturation screening not performed

The reason that CCHD screening for newborns was not performed on this patient.

LOINC 73698-3 - Reason CCHD oxygen saturation screening not performed (including Preferred Answer List LL2458-9)

Craig Newman Altarum
Level 0 Special Alerts for Care Handoffs Scheduling (time specific interventions) LOINC

Indicate timing for scheduling essential testing, treatments, consults, procedures, and follow-up appointments.

ICD 10, SNOMED, LOINC, RxNorm

Holly Miller, MD MedAllies
Level 0 Medications

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Medication Prescription Do-Not-Perform

Do-not-perform is an additional Boolean element in HL7 FHIR R4 Medication Request representing the provider’s intent that the prescription NOT be carried forward. If it is assumed that Status will be updated based on this command (ie, status will be changed to “cancelled” then this may be redundant. Alternative is an additional Status of “cancelled-by-provider”

In FHIR R4, https://www.hl7.org/fhir/medicationrequest-definitions.html#MedicationRequest.status

Scott Gordon Food and Drug Administration